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I plan to feed algae waffers and veggies, what is a fish that will stay small, and also occasionally be a window cleaner for me? I do plan to prevent any major algae issues (if I can't prevent it, I'll fix whatever is causing it).

And just to clarify, even female dwarf gourami's would be an issue with only 1 male in the tank? I have only ever seen that multiple males cause problems

Ok, good to know about the driftwood, I pictured beaver like munching on driftwood when I saw some eat it lol

Aquadvisor is fine to sketch with, But it's NOT a final draft if you know what I mean.

Gas mileage isn't everythingOIIIIIIIOLack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.Why pretend there are no stupid questions? Actually, There are many stupid questions: "Should I drink this bleach?" Is just one example.
Having said that, Just because it's a stupid question doesn't mean that it shouldn't be asked. It's better to know.A warm beer is better than a cold beer. Because nothing is better than a cold beer, and a warm beer is better than nothing.

Although others here have their own favorite bottom dwellers, I still think corydoras are fun - I have some myself - they will eat what you mentioned but they wont' clean tank walls - they will eat some algae off my decorations but then again so do my shrimp.

I agree with Andrea about aquadvisor, I don't use it either, you realy need to reasearch the different fish youself.

I really only use it to get a rough idea on % stocked, does give decent info on pwc % and how often, tells me 30% per week. I try to research any fish before I add it to the list, loved the pitbull pleco from my research, but just not economically feasible to get them

** Edit +1 to 850R, exactly, I use it kinda like a spell checker while putting together my rough draft

Sorry to break it to you, but even with pleco's sucking on glass (on occasion) they don't "clean it"
my rubberlip will take a lap or two around the glass. but you can't even tell if he was there or not. they just don't "clean" like people would like to believe.

They make credit cards/magna float/scrubbers for that purpose.

To your Gourami question-telling the sexes of fish can and will be very difficult. unless you know specifically from a breeder-or the fish is an adult with clear markings-you'll near always mess up when the fish are juvenile.

Just like looking at a 3month old baby-if you don't know the name (or assume clothing color=gender) you'd never know if it was a boy or girl.

From what I've read about otos, they can be difficult to keep alive for the first month you bring them home - once they make it and are being fed adequately, they are supposed to be quite cute but they also need a group.

I dwarf gouramis are fairly easy to sex, the males are colorful, females are typically silver with tint of color (based on pictures from google)

I do understand that any "algae eater" is not meant as a cleaning crew, didn't mean to originally word it that way, only looking to see what people have in there tanks that do eat some algae and are small.